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Four centuries following its founding, Solidar's Collegium of Imagers is within decrease, the exploits of its creator, the famous Quaeryt, largely forgotten. The Collegium is so without authority that the dying Maitre must summon Alastar, an obscure but gifted senior imager who may have little understanding of politics in the capital, as his successor. When Alastar arrives in L'Excelsis and becomes the new Maitre, he locates disarray and insufficient discipline within the Collegium, and the ruler of Solidar is so hated by the High Holders that they openly make reference to him to be mad. To make issues worse, neither Rex Ryen nor the High Holders have any value for the Collegium. Soon Alastar locates himself in the middle of a power have difficulties, with Ryen demanding that the Collegium take away the most powerful High Holders and the military services leadership subsequently plotting to topple Ryen and destroy the Collegium. At the same time, Ryen is requiring that the High Holders pay a massive increase in taxes while he initiates a grandiose building task. And everything that, Alastar discovers, is only a portion of the problems he and the Collegium face.
